Senior KU swimmers
Kent, O,Conner lead charge into NCAA championships
By TOM PETTIT
Kansan Sports Writer
Two KU swimmers will end their competitive careers this week at the 1969 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships at the University of Indiana, Bloomington, Ind.
Jim Kent, Wichita senior, and Roy O'Connor, Philadelphia, Pa., senior, co-captains of the 1969 Big Eight champion KU swim team, will lead the Jayhawks in their quest for national recognition Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Kent and O'Connor have been involved in competitive swimming for a combined total
of 23 years, including community organized swim teams, and high school and college squads.
In their freshman year at KU, Kent and O'Connor paced the freshman team to an undefeated season by leading the other conference freshman in three individual events each.
"My sophomore year was pretty good," said Kent. "I won the 200-yard butterfly in the conferencemeet in record time, and placed second in the 100-yard fly and third in the 500-yard freestyle. Although I won the 400-yard individual
medley as a junior and placed second and third in two other events, I just didn't feel like I did as well as I should have."
Kent said he felt that he redeemed himself this year, winning the 1,650-yard freestyle and 400-yard individual medley in record times and the 500-yard freestyle, in the conference meet.
O'Connor claimed three second-places in the conference meet as a sophomore, in the 50-yard, the 100-yard and the 200-yard freestyle. As a junior he gained second in the 200 and third in the 50, but won the 100 free in a record time of 47.2.
Dominating every phase of the game, the KU soccer team rolled over Nebraska yesterday by a score of 9-0.
KU controls the ball and the game
KU took control of the game at the opening kick-off and Nebraska never recovered enough to mount a sustained attack.
Almost the entire game was played in the Huskers' half of the field. With the offense constantly applying pressure on the Nebraska goal, KU brought its backline up to the midfield line.
Guy Darlan led the Jayhawk's offense with four goals. Fred Mandel and Hans Wetterling scored two goals each and Christian Kloesel scored one.
fullbacks controlled midfield throughout the game. When the Husker defense tried to clear the ball into the KU end, the Jayhawk defense intercepted the ball and fed it back to the KU frontline.
Nebraska did manage to break through to the KU half of the field a few times, but the Jayhawk defense never gave them a clear shot on goal.
"The whole team played well today," Mandel, the KU coach, said. "The offense played better than I have ever seen them play."
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He bettered that record with a 47.1 in winning the 100 this year, and also captured the 200-yard freestyle.
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Kent will swim in the 500 and 1,650-yard freestyles in the NCAA meet this week, and O'Connor will compete in the 100 and 200-yard freestyle events. Kent will also compete on two relay teams and O'Connor will swim on three
want to break into the national competition this week," said Kent. "We want to prove that KU wants to be and can be a national power."
Expectations are high for the nine KU swimmers traveling to the`NCAA championships this week, Kent and O'Connor hope to be especially ready to end their caeers on a strong note. After leading the team for three years to.two successive Big Eight championships, one final goal remains before the 1969 co-captains retire from competitive swimming. "We
"Our best chances will be in the relays," said O'Connor. "But we've all been plagued by sickness the past couple of weeks, so we're going to have to overcome that to do well."
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